Gettin’ after it these days? Prove it. From October 1-31, 2008, GLTR will be checking out the photos you, dear readers, submit to us in our first-ever photo contest. We’re looking for shots of you or your girl(s) dazzling us with skateboard prowess — vert, street, pool, or bowl. Any trick goes — even super-stylie ones of you just cruising, if you’re the downhill type. E-mail your entry to streetteam@girlslearntoride.com and consider yourself in the running for a brand-new (and yet almost vintage) Cherry Blossom deck, courtesy of Cherry Skateboards. We’ll post the entries in the  GLTR Photo Gallery, where you can obsessively scrutinize each one and cast your digi-vote to help us choose the Very Best One. The first five entries will each score a free one-year subscription to FOAM magazine.

Boring, but necessary:
1.Photos MUST be from amateur photographers — no pro shooters, please.
2. The subject CANNOT be a pro skateboarder — it’s gotta be a girl, and she can’t be competing against the heavies. It’s cool if she competes locally and is on flow, though.
3. Images must be JPG format at 72 dpi and at least 400 pixels wide.
4. When sending your image via e-mail, please include your full name, phone number, e-mail address, age, and mailing address.
5. Also tell us who’s skating in the photo, where it was shot (city and state is enough if you don’t want to give away your secrets), what trick’s being pulled, and who shot the image if you’re submitting on behalf of someone else. If your subject is on flow for anyone, please let us know who.
6. All images will be stamped “Copyright 2008 TK TK,” with your name standing in for “TK TK,” before we post them on the website so no one ganks your shizz.

Gro is on an important mission to change beliefs about girls and we need you! Some believe that girls contests do not put fans in the stands. Let’s change that belief. Here is our chance. GvR is coming up the first weekend of October. Since the first GvR etnies has shown support by including both women bowl and street contests. Now it is time to return the favor and show our support for the ladies. If we want to see women events continue and grow then lets show that we are appreciative. Show that we are here for the ladies!
Source: Girls Riders Organization. For the full story, click here.

Forty-five miles, 150 riders, and a lot of love made the 2008 Skate the Lake and Coast events a year to remember. We had kids and adults a-like pushing through the bike paths of Lake Tahoe and the Southern California coastline all in the name of breast cancer awareness. Click here to read the rest of the article →

DC, a subsidiary of Quiksilver, Inc., opened its fourth flagship store in the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, CA. DC hosted a grand opening event on Saturday, September 20th.  Located in the heart of Orange County, this is the closest flagship store to open to DC headquarters in North County, San Diego.
Source: Global Surf News. For the full story, click here.

Starting tomorrow morning, a host of slalom skateboarders will invade the town of Antrim. By 9:30 a.m. Summer Street will be closed off for parts of three days, as riders converge for the Antrim Can/Am Slalom Championships, which has become one of the biggest slalom skateboard events in the country.
Source: Ledger Transcript. For the full story, click here.

From Colin Bane at FUEL TV: I’m a huge fan and supporter of women’s skateboarding and I’ve been seeing Courtney Payne-Taylor and her Girls Riders Organization van all over the country as I’ve been traveling to different skate contests and events. I finally got a chance to catch up with her at ASR to find out what GRO is all about. Click here for a quick interview.

Oakley & 1242 Films’ Uniquely, will be The Meeting’s debut of an all-female movie. Featuring Aspen/Snowmass Team Athlete Gretchen Bleiler, Uniquely, is also the first Meeting film to feature sports outside of snow sports, including skating and surfing.
Source: First Tracks. For the full story, click here.

The countdown has started for the Oceanics Surf and Sea Festival which will take place on the 20th and 21st of September in Tramore and will host a full programme of activities for a ladies only surf weekend and a full family day on the Sunday 21st September in Tramore, Co Waterford.
Source: Waterford Today. For the full story, click here.

Cherry Skateboards, a company that was making skateboards until 3 years ago, has a short resurrection on Target.com’s Red Hot Shop. Click here to read the rest of the article →